| Personal information | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marco Ray Evoniuk | |||||||||||
| Born | (1957-09-30)September 30, 1957 (age 68) | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | Racewalking | |||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||
| Updated on 25 July 2013 | ||||||||||||
Marco Ray Evoniuk (born September 30, 1957, inSan Francisco, California) is a retired malerace walker from the United States, who represented his native country at three consecutiveOlympic Games, starting in 1984. Evoniuk had qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but was unable to compete due to the1980 Summer Olympics boycott. He did however receive one of 461Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.[1]
Copenhagen, 12 May 1984
Seoul, 30 September 1988| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing the United States | |||||
| 1979 | World Race Walking Cup | Eschborn,West Germany | 35th | 50 km | 4:12:37 |
| Pan American Games | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 3rd | 50 km | 4:24:20 | |
| 1981 | World Race Walking Cup | Valencia, Spain | 13th | 50 km | 4:07:44 |
| 1983 | World Race Walking Cup | Bergen, Norway | — | 50 km | DSQ |
| World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | — | 20 km | DNF | |
| 9th | 50 km | 3:56.57 | |||
| 1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 7th | 20 km | 1:25:42 |
| — | 50 km | DNF | |||
| 1985 | World Race Walking Cup | St John's, Isle of Man | 16th | 50 km | 4:11:03 |
| 1986 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | Saint Léonard, Canada | 2nd | 50 km | 4:05:56 |
| 1987 | World Race Walking Cup | New York City, United States | — | 20 km | DNF |
| World Championships | Rome, Italy | 17th | 50 km | 3:57.43 | |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 22nd | 50 km | 3:56:55 |
| Pan American Race Walking Cup | Mar del Plata,Argentina | — | 50 km | DNF | |
| 1991 | World Race Walking Cup | San Jose, United States | — | 20 km | DNF |
| 1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | — | 50 km | DNF |
| 1995 | World Race Walking Cup | Beijing,PR China | 48th | 50 km | 4:11:31 |
| 1997 | World Race Walking Cup | Poděbrady,Czech Republic | 68th | 50 km | 4:17:24 |
   | This biographical article about an American race walker is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |
